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Ugo Njoku

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Ugo Njoku
Personal information
Full name Ugo Njoku[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Rivers Angels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Rivers Angels
2018– Croix Savoie Ambilly
National team
2014– Nigeria 7[2] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:22, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Ugo Njoku (born 27 November 1994, in Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer defender. She played for the Croix Savoie Ambilly club in the Nigerian Women's Championship. Njoku also played for the Nigeria women's national team.

International career

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Ugo Njoku played for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship from 2013 to 2017. In 2018, she started to play for the Croix Savoie Ambilly.[3]

Njoku played her first international games in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. This match was against Namibia.[4] She also was in the squad that won in the 2014 African Women's Championship. In May 2015, Njoku played for the Nigeria team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5]

During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Match vs Australia, Njoku used her elbow to hit the player Sam Kerr in the face.[6][7] Njoku was not allowed to play fo three games. Because of this, she could not play for the rest of the tournament.[8]

International

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Nigeria

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "OFFICIAL: Super Falcons defender joins French club". Ultima Sportsnet. 2018-01-24. Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  4. "Ugo Njoku - Profile and Statistics". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  5. "Falcons fly out with high hopes". Thenff.com. 2015-05-19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  6. "Area Of Concern For USA Obvious After Draw With Sweden". Forbes.com. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  7. "FIFA Women's World Cup: Nigeria's Ugo Njoku faces long ban for Sam Kerr elbow". foxsports.com.au. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  8. "Nigeria's Njoku banned 3 games for elbow to Kerr". The Equalizer. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-26.

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